WEBVTT THERE RESPONSES COMING UP AT 6:00. I'M JAYNE MILLER, WBAL-TV 11 NEWS. THANK YOU. A LARGE GROUP OF CYCLISTS SHOWED OFF THEIR SKILLS BY RACING THOUSANDS OF MILES ACROSS THE U.S.. THE EVENT STARTED IN CALIFORNIA AND ENDED HERE IN MARYLAND TODAY. 11 NEWS REPORTER ROB ROBLIN WAS THERE TO GREET SOME OF THEM AT THE FINISH LINE. ALL DAY LONG, INDIVIDUALS AND TEAMS HAVE BEEN CROSSING THE FINISH LINE HERE AND IN DOWNTOWN ANNAPOLIS. THIS YEAR THERE ARE 48 SOLO RACERS AND 50 TEAMS. IT IS THE END OF A 3000-MILE BIKE RACE. FROM OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA TO ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND. IT GOES 24 HOURS A DAY. IT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF WHAT PEOPLE WOULD CALL A TIME TRIAL. ONCE THE CLOCK STARTS, IT IS RUNNING UNTIL THE RACER CROSSES THE FINISH LINE. THERE ARE NO STAGES. IT IS A 3000-MILE TIME TRIAL. THE RACING -- THE RACE ACROSS AMERICA IS IN ITS THIRD YEAR. THIS TEAM IS FROM GERMANY. ALL DAY, ALL THE TIME, NOT SO MUCH SLEEP. IT WAS VERY HARD, BUT A BIG ADVENTURE. THERE ARE SOLO RACERS AND 50 TEAMS. EVEN PIPPA MIDDLETON, KATE MIDDLETON'S SISTER, IS IN THE RACE. SHE SHOULD ARRIVE AT THE FINISH LINE SOMETIMES AND NINE. -- SOMETIME TONIGHT. ALL OF THE RIDERS AND TEAMS ARE RIDING FOR CHARITY. THIS TEAM IS RIDING FOR ALS RESEARCH IN HONOR OF THEIR FRIEND PETE. PETE ZUCKER, A FORMER CYCLIST WHO DIED OF ALS, LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE , LAST YEAR. THE ORGANIZATION TRYING TO FIND THE CURE FOR ALS. HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK YOU RAISED? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA? LAST I LOOKED IT WAS $85,000. OUR GOAL IS TO GET TO 150 THOUSAND DOLLARS, SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO HELP US. RIDING A BICYCLE ACROSS AMERICA IS NO EASY TASK. IT WAS CHALLENGING AND LOTS OF THINGS UNANTICIPATED WE WORK THROUGH. WE HAD AN INCREDIBLE GROUP. ALL OF THESE GUYS MADE THIS POSSIBLE. IT WAS FANTASTIC. GREAT EXPERIENCE. THE TEAM FROM ANNAPOLIS SHOULD BE CROSSING THE FINISH